The Creativity Emporium - a place where many
side of my creativity are finally finding a home, from the most recent
side of the creative flow, the words and music side, which made its appearance
a bit over a dozen years ago - but harked back to the few songs I wrote
in my teens. It wasn't a big part of my creativity back then. It became
central for years.

Then there is The Idea Emporium - which
must go back to when I was about eight, starting to enjoy Big Thinking,
thinking about ideas. That side has never left, though it's a side I
long didn't value, though even as a child there were questions I couldn't
find answers for, and wanted to.

Caro's Quest. I always loved stories
and reading - but no stories flowed out the way this one did.

The Sexe-Tetes - frivolous fun, with an added
do-gooder ingredient.

Dr Zees LoveLine - a more serious exploration
of love and the inner self.

Zees Cafe Cafe - in the making for over a
decade now, time for completion.

Home Is ... - a central theme in my father's
life, and in mine - though he rather gave up on the possibility of feeling
truly at home, and I haven't given up.

The Creativity Blog - mainly explorations
of the creative process, like the process of creating this Creativity
Emporium.

And finally, My Father's Words, My Father's
Worlds. So much started with him - and probably reached back to far before
him. He wrote. I am finally making a home for his words.

And after that, a home for the works of many
creative people - a home I have longed for for my own works, until (in
desperation) I am making it here, like others have made log cabins for
shelter. I know parts are far less sophisticated that those with a bigger
web background. Other parts are incomplete. It's been a one-person project.
It's growing. I look at it, and see all there is to do, and also feel
a sense of achievement.

I see the site map, an overview.

I remember doing the opening images - in 2006
- the last summer that Francoise, my partner's mother, was well. For
a few weeks, it was a return to childhood. She made the meals, I worked
on the images.

It is snowing here now, almost Christmas.
Another year is almost over. The solstice comes in a few days.

All the best to this project, and to all of
us on creative and life-affirming quests.